The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, April 12, 1985, Image 1

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Friday, Aprs! 12, 1935
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol. 84 No. 139.
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ASUN voted Wednesday to tabls a
bill that would support efforts to set up
a uniform grading scale tt UNL
Hofmeister suggested the sqele be representative to the proposed resi
E3 follows: 100 to 05 equals A-plus, 94 to dsnce halls-Greek system commimica
90 an A, 89 to 85 a B-phs and so on. tion commission.
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would create a neutrd place fcr com
mon coals and issues to be addrecssd.
Members of the proposed csramis
sion would ir.clude: tvo resldanee hdl
Instructor whose classes score louver Wood who mada the pr , sdd a
gride averages could continue scsliM m'un luir i J, ro.L
. ; . ic.uf!uAl" tT o-perceai mere- deace halls the Gw5k s;
Dsn Hcmteister, one or the senators Eenw wuuia us reiaineo, ne saia.
. sho introduced'" the bill, said UNL's
grading scsi should b clarmed He Hofnteister requested ASUN t&bte
sd J,it is toRs;ster,t and fciscrepan- th8 propcgd to the geRatora a
ci exist aboul , v;hat percentsgescore chance to disC5iS3 it farther, when the
said, he Mil present it to the Faculty representEtiyes, nvo mhellerJcso-S-nste
ciation and Interfratemity Council re
presentatives, one adviser from the
Residence Kali Association, one ASUN
students "of the requirements, stand- . Z,,T?Z represeraauve ua ine vice cnancci or
ards, objectives and evaluation prcce- t0 dlscVt aus ls jf excii be- for student affairs or a designated stu
duWs at the be of each indMd- caU3e of low student use- MarlenQ dent representative,
udcoui" Ecyke, ASUN's director of development,
. - . said that when the service first began .
in the early 1970s, 600 to 700 students IX k .also4 fPPortned a Poposal by
The statement continues: "The used it. Last semester 247 students the Parking Adirasory Board to renovate
Faculty Senate recoramends that the . used it. and reserve half of Parking rea 16,
grading policy in a course be stated , north of the Nebraska Union, for faculty
whenever possible in written form." . w . n . , , . AQ11Kr and staff members They wou d pay a
r Kim Wood, newly elected AoUN yearly fee to use the back half of the
' ;' : ' speaker, introduced the proposal, say; parking lot, which would be accessible
' ' Iiofmeister used syH'abuses from his ' ' ing fhe money thafstudents spend .at ' through electronic araed gates. The
own classes to show that in some cases, the book exchange and the student cost of renovating the lot will be
course grading policies aren't listed, fees that paid for it should be used to covered by the fees paid by parking lot
' support the University Bookstore. More users.
.',. ... . business for the University Bookstore
A set scale is needed because in rmM rt aa stiiHmt : fw
some classes, 87 percent to SO percent W(1(V.t?jj . In a close race, leachers College
According to the grading policy state
ment in the schedule of classes, in
structors are required only to inform
class scores are B-plus, he said. In oth
ers, 85 percent to 00 percent scores
also receive a B-plus grade.
senator Chris Gunderson was elected
as ASUN's homecoming committee re
The senate also voted to appoint a presentative.
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'politics, information
By Jstji Nyffeler
much as possible. "We're never going icy and that doesn't need a defense
to see agriculture totally free from establishment."
government intervention m the United
Students can survive the current K States," he said. Zorinsky reiterated that farmers don't
agricultural crisis by being informed - want handouts. The marketplace should
about issues and through participation Schroeder said that in spite of rapid " dictate price, he said, with consumers
in the political process. This was the changes and progress in agriculture, instead of taxpayers paying the price
consensus at a panel discussion Wed- farmers face many of the same prob- for commodities,
nesdsy in the East Union. lems they did 50 years ago. It is impos-"
sible to predict trends, he said. One member of the audience asked
c r4 vn.w mwwo ts-0 - the panel when consumers will psy
Seiu EdZcnx N their "fcir shai-e" for food. Schroeder
tor of Agnculture auhwedjd Mcy acaised the federa govern- r8sp0Rded that the ferm biU addresses
fff tilSS meat of having 'Vcsy conSised" pnon- aissue lv toasferiing the burden of
tslked about "Future Trends m Agri- ties. Agriculture is m essential as m)MfflHi;Mmw
culture," sponsored by Firm Action defense to the strength of the United Paen-10 con5nUira
Concerns Tomorrow's Society. States, he said. , . ,. , . AV
' Agnculture may never reawa a pciat x
. of equity, he said, because of the issSu-
r Since gsverameat end tgdeulture "You show me nation that can't ence of consumer groups. .
ere intertwined, Johnson said, citizens feed its pscple nd I'll show . you -a
' o'ight to participate la government w nation that doesn't need a foreign poK .' Centlassd csa P3 S
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grain to A&ica this year. Hcrold said he- fssberger sjiJ, cr.d enly a r.:x.:I,3
has seen that U.S. food asdstaace is intsrrtiorjJ e-irtyrl'l solve tUc;4:',
helpkg, tut there's still a lcr.gway to The Peace Ccrp3 has erwttJ t'.j
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